"And let me give you a little thing and point out, many of our fellas came from the South, they were brought up to be well, sort of shuffling when they walked, maybe mumbling when they talked, soft spoken and everything, very deferential and things…

"One of the symptoms of my PTSD is that I'm very untrusting of people; I'm a loner, I want to be alone. I have a hard time accepting people into my life. With the dog, I know she loves me without question, and it's a calming…